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The Politics of Lacanian Structuralism (feat. Samo Tomšič)
Episode 103
We welcome Lacanian philosopher Samo Tomšič for a presentation and discussion on Lacan's relationship to structuralism and politics. We center this d…
1 year, 10 months ago
Schelling and Irrationalism (feat. Christopher Satoor)
Episode 102
We welcome philosopher Christopher Satoor for a discussion on the philosophy of Schelling, the great German idealist. We will focus our conversation …
1 year, 10 months ago
The Revival of Western Marxism? Losurdo Study Group (Session V)
Episode 101
2011 witnessed a resurgence of protest movements from the Movement of the Squares, Occupy Wall Street, to the Arab Spring. These events propelled Mar…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Death of Western Marxism - Losurdo Study Group (Session IV)
Episode 100
We discuss Part IV: "The Triumph and Death of Western Marxism" with particular focus on the work of Hannah Arendt in The Origins of Totalitarianism a…
1 year, 10 months ago
A Lacanian Analysis of Kanye's Reactionary Turn (feat. Robert Beshara)
Episode 99
We welcome Lacanian scholar Robert Beshara back to the show to discuss his new book A Psychoanalytic Biography of Ye: The Legacy of Unconditional Lov…
1 year, 10 months ago
Western Marxism and Anticolonial Revolution - Losurdo's Western Marxism Study Group (Session III)
Episode 98
We examine Losurdo's criticism of western Marxism in relation to anticolonial revolution following the Second World War. We discuss Walter Benjamin's…
1 year, 10 months ago
"The Two Marxisms" Losurdo's Western Marxism Study Group (Session II)
Episode 97
In our second session, we discuss Domenico Losurdo's theory of the birth of Western Marxism as a response to the First World War and the Bolshevik Re…
1 year, 11 months ago
Domenico Losurdo's Western Marxism Study Group (Session I)
Episode 96
We are discussing Domenico Losurdo's newly translated work, Western Marxism: How It Was Born, How It Died, How It Can Be Reborn in a public study gro…
1 year, 11 months ago
The Most Important French Marxist You've Never Heard Of: Michel Clouscard (feat. Aymeric Monville)
Episode 95
We are joined by Aymeric Monville, author of Neocapitalism According to Michel Clouscard and publisher of Delga Editions to discuss the work of Frenc…
1 year, 11 months ago
Jacques Rancière's Theory of Emancipation (feat. Stuart Blaney)
Episode 94
We are joined by philosopher Stuart Blaney to discuss the thought of Jacques Rancière, his work on 19th century worker autodidacts and his theories o…
1 year, 11 months ago